Validation of the factors influencing family consent for organ donation in the UK
Harvey, Daniel J. Gardiner, Dale C.
Harvey, Daniel J.
Gardiner, Dale C.
Abstract
Between 2013 and 2019, there was an increase in the consent rate for organ donation in the UK from 61% to 67%, but this remains lower than many European countries. Data on all family approaches (16,896) for donation in UK intensive care units or emergency departments between April 2014 and March 2019 were extracted from the referral records and the national potential donor audit held by NHS Blood and Transplant. Complete data were available for 15,465 approaches. Consent for donation after brain death was significantly higher than for donation after circulatory death, 70% (4260/6060) vs. 60% (5645/9405), (OR 1.58, 95%CI 1.47-1.69). Patient ethnicity, religious beliefs, sex and socio-economic status, and knowledge of a patient's donation decision were strongly associated with consent (p Copyright © 2021 Association of Anaesthetists.
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Date
2021
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Article
Subject
Brain death, Organ donation
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Curtis, R.M.K., Manara, A.R., Madden, S., Brown, C., Duncalf, S., Harvey, D. J., Tridente, A. and Gardiner, D. C. (2021) 'Validation of the factors influencing family consent for organ donation in the UK', Anaesthesia, 76(12), pp. 1625-1634. doi: 10.1111/anae.15485.